Paul Edgecomb (Tom Hanks) is the head of the block guards during the 1930's at
the Cold
Mountain Correctional Facility. Through his many years of watching men live and die
Paul's
faith and sanity has deteriorated. He is assigned to watch over John Coffey (Michael
Duncan),
a giant man convicted of murdering two little girls. But John acts more like a child
than a cold
hearted murderer. Edgecomb and other guards (Morse and Pepper) find themselves
in a moral
dilemma when they witness John accomplish healing miracles.
Paul Edgecomb (Tom Hanks) is the head of the block guards during the 1930's at
the Cold
Mountain Correctional Facility. Through his many years of watching men live and die
Paul's
faith and sanity has deteriorated. He is assigned to watch over John Coffey (Michael
Duncan),
a giant man convicted of murdering two little girls. But John acts more like a child
than a cold
hearted murderer. Edgecomb and other guards (Morse and Pepper) find themselves
in a moral
dilemma when they witness John accomplish healing miracles. (less)